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Claire Shih

3×3 · top 28.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2026 · 2026SHIH03

Claire Shih has been competing for 4 months. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.28, set at SacCubing XXIII 2026, puts her in the top 28.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,737th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since May 2026, she has put 41 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Claire has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 28.7% of 284,439 all-time
16.28
signature single · SacCubing XXIII 2026
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.2820.55
top 28.7%15,737 / 59,724
Clock12.3514.05
top 36.7%2,905 / 8,927
Skewb14.8721.36
top 77.9%14,853 / 18,907
Megaminx3:26.98
early days — 1 solve6,583 / 7,841

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

SacCubing XXIII 2026: 16.28Alameda County Fair 2026: 19.68Davis Big Summer 2026: 18.8416.2819.6817 May 20268 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to her.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
  • A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 0.35 away.

Targets move as she improves.